Instruction Manual

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Record Videos
In addition to taking pictures, you can record, view, and send videos with your device's built‑in video camera.
1. From a Home screen, tap Apps
g
Camera.
Note: When the Camera app is initially launched, the screen displays onscreen camera controls, including the
Record Video button. While recording video, video camera controls are temporarily displayed.
2. Using the device's screen as a viewfinder, compose your shot by aiming the camera at the subject. While
composing your shot, use the onscreen options, or these gestures:
● Press the Volume Key up or down to zoom in or out, or touch the screen with two fingers and pinch or
spread them on the screen to zoom.
● Tap the screen to focus on the area you touched.
3. Tap Record to begin recording.
4. While recording, you can use these options:
● Tap the screen to change the focus area to the area youtapped.
● Tap to take a picture while continuing recording.
● Tap Pause to temporarily stop recording.
● Tap Start to begin recording again.
● Tap Stop to stop recording.
Elapsed time
Image viewer Take picture
Settings File size
Pause
Recording
Stop recording
Camera Options
Camera options are special options that you can choose, right on the camera screen, to make your pictures or
videosspecial.
1. From a Home screen, tap Apps
g
Camera.
2. Touch an option:
● Self-Portrait: Tap to switch between the front and back cameras. With the front camera, you can take
self‑portraits or record yourself. With the back camera, you can take pictures or record what's in front of
you.
● Mode: Tap
MODE
to choose a shooting mode. Scroll available modes, and then touch a mode to select it.
Modes include:
— Auto: Automatically adjusts the exposure to optimize the color and brightness of pictures. In Auto mode,
you can take single or burst shots (take burst shots by holding Capture button to take multiple shots until
you lift your finger).
— Beauty face: Automatically enhances facial features.
— Best photo: Allows you to select the best shot from multiple shots you take at the same time.
— Best face: Select the best shot of each subject in order to get the best possible group shot.
— Sound & shot: Adds a few seconds of background sound to enhance pictures.
— Drama: Take a series of photos and combine them to create an image that shows trails of movement.
— Rich tone (HDR): Allows you to take pictures in various exposures and merge them to create pictures with
rich color.
— Eraser: Remove moving subjects in the background.
— Panorama: Take multiple pictures to merge into one expansive panoramic picture.
— Sports: Allows you to capture clear shots of a moving subject.
Quick Camera Settings
Use Quick settings to quickly configure settings while you take pictures and record videos.
► From a Home screen, tap Apps
g
Camera
g
to access settings:
Advanced settings: Tap to access advanced camera settings.
Flash: Tap to choose a flash setting.
Night mode: Tap to automatically adjust the camera in low light to give brighter,
clearing photos without using the flash.
Voice control: Tap to access voice control settings, for using voice commands
to take pictures and record video.
Recording mode: Tap to choose a mode for recording. Choose Limit for MMS
to restrict recordings to a size that can be attached to a multimedia message.
Choose Normal to control the speed of recording.
Share: Tap to choose a method for sharing pictures and videos. You can
choose Share shot, Buddy photo share, or Remote viewfinder.
Hide Settings: Tap to hide Quick camera settings.